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HYMENOMYCETES 
There are six well-defined sub-genera: 
Sub-genus. 
Pileus. 
Flesh. 
Veil. 
Stem. 
1. Phlegmacium 
Glutinous 
Thick, equal 
Partial, cob¬ 
webby 
Universal, glu¬ 
tinous 
Firm and dry 
2. Myxacium .. 
Glutinous 
Rather thin 
Glutinous 
3. Inoloma 
Dry, usually 
scaly at first 
Thick, equal 
Simple 
Fleshy, some¬ 
what bulbous 
4. Dermocybe .. 
Dry, silky, gla¬ 
brous when 
adult 
Thin, equal, 
watery when 
moist 
Simple, fibril- 
lose 
Equal or at¬ 
tenuated 
5. Telamonia .. 
Hygrophatious, 
moist 
Equally thin, or 
abruptly thin 
towards the 
margin 
U n i v e r s a 1 , 
double 
Annulate, or 
per on ately 
scaly below 
6. Hydrocybe .. 
Moist, not glu¬ 
tinous, pale 
when dry 
Very thin 
Thin, fibrillose 
Rather rigid, 
not peronate 
Sub-genus i.— FHLEGMACIUM 
(Gr. phlegma , shining moisture—from the clammy pileus) 
Cortinarius (Phlegmacium) calachrous (Gr. kalos, beautiful; 
chros, colour—from its beautiful colours). Plate XXXIX. 9. 
P. 2-3 in., convex, then plane, obtuse, viscid, tawny, 
yellowish towards the margin, which is involute at first. 
G. emarginate, crowded, dark purple with serrate margin. 
5 . 1J-2 in., thick, with a very distinct emarginate bulb, 
yellowish (never a trace of blue). Veil yellow, fugacious. 
In woods (especially beech) and pastures. Frequent. 
Cortinarius (Phlegmacium) purpurasceus (from the gills 
becoming purple when bruised). 
P. 4-5 in., wavy, covered at first with thick gluten, then 
dry; reddish-bay or tawny-orchraceous, spotted; margin 
incurved at first, marked with a raised brown line. F. clear 
blue. G. broadly emarginate, crowded, bluish tan at first, 
cinnamon at maturity. S. 3 in., very stout, solid, bulbous, 
clear blue. Both stem and gills become spotted violet purple 
when touched. Common in pine and mixed woods. 
Cortinarius cserulesceus ( cczvulms , azure—from the azure- 
